Mr. Adams and Eve(1957–1958)

Adult Western

Taming of the Shrew

Howard and Eve are all set to appear in a production of Shakespeare's ""Taming of the Shrew"".

International Affair

Rajah Ahmed Khan, an Eastern potentate, visits the studio where Eve and Howard are making a picture. The Rajah immediately decides that Eve would be a lovely acquisition for his harem and offers to buy her from Howard.

Split Careers

Joan Fontaine

Suspicion

The Life Story of Eve Drake and Howard Adams

When Hollywood scenario writers prepare a film biography of Eve and Howard, any resemblance to the real people are purely coincidental.

The Comedians

Man with Raven

Howard decides to act ""Richard III"" and invites a thespian of the old school to his home.

The Artist

Eve is flattered and Howard skeptical when an egotistical artist asks Eve to sit for a portrait.

Active Duty

Howard, spending two weeks with the Air Force Reserve, finds his troubles with the commanding officer aggravated when Eve comes to the base to entertain.

Las Vegas Story

The Producers

Eve and Howard turn producers and repair to a small town to film a simple story derived from real life. Their first mistake is the hiring of an Italian director.

The First Mrs. Adams

The Service Story

The Adamses entertain at an Army camp. Howard can't understand why the wolf whistles from the darkened audience are only for him.

The Flack

Jungle Madness

Darkest Africa is all aglow when a white hunter gets a yen for Eve while on location.

Me, the Jury

In the midst of making a movie, Eve receives a call to jury duty. She insists that she must fulfill her responsibilities as a citizen.

The Inheritance

Eve falls heir to a massive castle high on the desolate moors of Scotland.

The Big Top

Come on to Mars' House

Studio chief J.B. Hafter hires an astrologer to advise him as to the best time for making movies. Stars Howard and Eve become intrigued with this method and decide to follow Hafter's example.

Backwash

Howard is given the opportunity to direct a movie and receives enthusiastic support from Eve. But when Howard reads the script he is afraid the picture will be a flop.

Surprise! Surprise!

The Writers

Platter Place

Howard and Eve fall asleep in their producer's office. They discover that the ghosts of the silent-picture era take over in the wee small hours.

Brought to You Dead From Hollywood

Backpage

Ed Sullivan invites Howard and Eve to guest write a column for him. With visions of Pulitzer Prizes dancing in their heads, they set out among the city's teeming millions.

U.C.L.A. -- Eh!

Eve and Howard practically rewrite ancient history when they study the Etruscan Age in college.

The Lovey Doveys

Eve and Howard are asked to serve as hosts to a newly married couple who have won a ""perfect marriage"" contest on a TV program. But the Adamses find that the constant round of nightclubs is a strain.

Howard and Eve and Ida

In this episode, Ida Lupino plays both Eve and herself. Studio chief Hafter hires Ida Lupino to direct a Howard and Eve film. Howard used to date Ida, so Eve is jealous and gives her a very difficult time. Eve comes to realize she's a good person, though, and defends her when she gets fired for pushing her artistic vision.

The Original MacDuffs

Howard and Eve overhear a telephone conversation in which J.B. Hafter, the studio head, grants many concessions to another star. When they make the same demands, Hafter tells them that the star has a ranch and is independently wealthy. So, Howard and Eve decide to buy a ranch.

The Ghosts of Consolidated

After a hectic day at the studio, Howard and Eve decide it is too late to go home. So they fall asleep in their producer's office.

The Bowling Story

Command Performance

Studio chief J.B. Hafter sends Howard and Eve to Europe to publicize the premiere of one of his films. They visit a small country where the ruler is a grand duchess. Eve tries to sell the duchess on the advantages of democracy--in fact she even suggests the duchess abdicate!

The Stunt Man

A neighbor, who apparently hates movie people, complains to the police about Howard and Eve. Then he bombards them with phone calls. Eve, who has been reading up on psychology, devises a plan to cure the bothersome neighbor.

The Interview

While at a party, Eve is tricked into agreeing to appear on a nationwide television interview with a man known to hate the movie colony. On the show, Eve makes an unfortunate remark, which makes her look ridiculous. Later, Howard makes a few remarks of his own at a press interview.

The Chowder Cup

Eve and Howard buy a half interest in a restaurant. They become so absorbed in their new enterprise that they incur the anger of their boss, J.B. Hafter, who demands that they either give up the restaurant or give up acting.

Dear Variety

Eve mistakes an old copy of Variety for a recent one and gets the impression that the studio is about to close down.

Steve's Girl Friend

Planes That Pass in the Night

Howard and Eve take a vacation, but they can't decide where to spend it.

The Young Actress

Typical

Howard and Eve's agent suggests they star in a television series about a typical married couple. They refuse, then Eve begins wondering just how their marriage compares with other marriages. She decides to try an experiment.

They're Off and Running

The Teen-Age Daughter

This is Your Life

You Can't Go Home Again

The Proposal

A movie fan-magazine asks Howard and Eve for the exclusive story of their courtship, engagement and marriage. Everything goes along fine, until the question of who actually did the proposing.

Howard Goes to Jail

The Business Manager

Francis X. Bushman, the matinee idol of silent films portrays the Adams' business manager.

The Torn-Shirt School of Acting

Howard and Eve agree to work with an experimental summer-stock theater group. They aren't quite so pleased about their decision when they learn that the play they will appear in, is to be done in blank verse.

The Mothers

Howard and Eve run into family problems. The mothers of both arrive for a visit at the same time. The two older women don't have much in common, which makes it difficult for Howard and Eve to keep them amused.

Academy Award

Taken for Granted

Eve fibs to Howard that she and their agent had clandestine meetings.

Fulfilling Talents

That Magazine

A magazine assigns a photographer and a reporter to cover a typical day in the life of Eve and Howard. They're pleased about the forthcoming publicity and have carefully rehearsed their own version of a day in their lives. But everything goes so far wrong that it seems the magazine will get a scoop -- that Eve and Howard are planning to divorce.

The Social Crowd

Insomnia

The Diet

A gift of a bathroom scale becomes a monster to Eve when she steps on it and learns that she's four pounds overweight. She launches herself on a rigid diet.

The Picture That Could Not Be Made

The Fighter

After Howard wins a prize fighter in a gin-rummy game, he decides to groom him for the ring. But Eve, insisting the pugilist comes under community property, has her own ideas about the training! She wants to make an actor out of their latest project.

The Rumor

At a crowded nightclub, Eve and Howard become separated. An enterprising press agent corners Eve, introduces her handsome client and arranges to have a photographer cover the meeting. Next morning the newspapers carry the news of the end of Eve's and Howard's marriage.

The Lost Two Hours

The Bachelor

An old boyfriend of Eve's gets the part of the other man in a movie starring Eve and Howard. There's no jealousy on Howard's part at all; in fact, he and the old boyfriend go out for a night on the town!